Matthew Brown

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US government: Industry hampering oil train safety

Matthew Brown · March 28, 2014 7:38 pm

Yellowstone bison movements linked to population

Matthew Brown · March 17, 2014 4:19 pm

CORRECTS YEAR TO 2014 This March 9, 2014 photo provided by the Wyoming National Guard shows Guard members, with the 153rd Airlift Wing and the 920th Forward Support Company, civilian volunteers and town employees forming a chain to deliver sandbags to flooding houses in Graybull, Wyo. (AP Photo/Wyoming National Guard)

Crews assess flood damage in Montana, Wyoming

Matthew Brown · March 11, 2014 10:35 pm

Yellowstone: Bison slaughters done for the season

Matthew Brown · March 7, 2014 7:51 pm

FILE - In this July 6, 2013 file photo, emergency workers examine the aftermath of a train derailment and fire in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, Canada. Forty-seven people were killed. U.S. federal regulators are further tightening testing requirements for companies that transport oil by rail after a spate of explosions caused by crude train derailments in the U.S. and Canada. The action on Thursday, March 6, 2014 from the U.S. Department of Transportation builds on a Feb. 25 order that targeted oil shipments for more stringent testing. (AP Photo/Ryan Remiorz, File, Pool)

Feds detail tests for crude moved by rail

Matthew Brown · March 6, 2014 7:15 pm

FILE - This Nov. 6, 2013, file photo, shows a BNSF Railway train hauling crude oil near Wolf Point, Mont. BNSF Railway Co. said Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, it intends to buy a fleet of 5,000 strengthened tank cars to haul oil and ethanol in a move that would set a higher safety standard for a fleet that's seen multiple major accidents.(AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

BNSF plans to upgrade tanker fleet after accidents

Matthew Brown · February 21, 2014 8:41 am

FILE - This Nov. 6, 2013, file photo, shows a BNSF Railway train hauling crude oil near Wolf Point, Mont. BNSF Railway Co. said Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, it intends to buy a fleet of 5,000 strengthened tank cars to haul oil and ethanol in a move that would set a higher safety standard for a fleet that's seen multiple major accidents.(AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

BNSF seeks to upgrade tanker fleet after accidents

Matthew Brown · February 20, 2014 11:46 pm

‘Pandemonium’ reported on turbulent flight

Matthew Brown · February 18, 2014 10:43 pm

Train accidents stir worries about crude transport

Matthew Brown · February 17, 2014 3:41 pm

Inspector General focuses on coal leasing problems

Matthew Brown · February 7, 2014 9:15 pm

Rep. Norman "Doc" Hastings, R-Wash., center, discusses a new report that proposes alterations to the 40-year-old Endangered Species Act, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, during a news conference on Capitol in Washington. Hastings, along with Rep. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., left, led the Endangered Species Act Congressional Working Group, a panel of House Republicans who want the law to be administered by the states to balance wildlife protection with economic development. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers seek Endangered Species Act overhaul

Matthew Brown · February 5, 2014 12:40 am

Coal production has declined in recent years due to competition from cheap natural gas.

Senator: US coal sales might have cost taxpayers

Matthew Brown · February 4, 2014 10:57 pm